Buccheri's liezzi honeycombs
Product included in the national list of traditional agri-food products (PAT)
Typology PAT : Vegetable products in their natural state or processed
Technical data sheet of the traditional agri-food product (PAT)
Area of production: Municipality of Buccheri (SR).
Brief description of the product: Fava beans cooked and seasoned.
Description of the processing and maturing methods: Put the whole dried broad beans in water for a whole night. Drain and cook in water with onion and celery and add salt when cooked; drain and sauté them in a pan with a garlic sauce, a little wild oregano tomato sauce and dry or fresh red chilli pepper.
Specific materials and equipment used for preparation and conditioning: No specific equipment.
Description of the processing, storage and maturing rooms: Suitable domestic environments or kitchens of taverns and / or restaurants.
Elements that prove that the methodologies have been practiced in a homogeneous and second way
traditional rules for a period of not less than 25 years: Product that for centuries has been the basic food of the family in place of meat.
In Buccheri this dish, from ancient times, is consumed mainly in winter. The elders say that this dish was particularly appreciated because it remained "al dente", and even so it is described in the recipe book of the local tavern of the Formica brothers.
Source Pat Cards: Sicily Region
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Photo: web
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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